Ian Rankin

A few shots from a glorious two days in and around Kyoto…

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Hello from Kyoto, Japan!

@MichaelMacLeod1 @INMAorg Brilliant! Deserved! Congrats!

The news is out... 🎉 Huge thanks to everyone who's ever supported the Minute. Back to normal tomorrow from 7am 💌 And thanks to @INMAorg for the encouragement. It's incredibly validating to see local news share the platform with the biggest media orgs in the world.

@adrianmckinty Yep.

embargoed from review until June but I'll say a couple of things thank you Knopf/Penguin you've redeemed yourself after dropping the ball w my Pynchon galley this is a return to form if you, like me, dig the full tilt unhinged Ellroy in terms of prose, plot & giddy trolling 👍

@gingertotty @CameoCinema They missed a trick not putting ‘by the writer of Chernobyl’ on the poster…

@Beathhigh @CameoCinema Oh god. Isn’t it delightful!? Brilliant film…

Just watched The Sheep Detectives @CameoCinema - like a woolly Knives Out. I enjoyed it!

@janehamilton22 🙏🙏

My holiday read @Beathhigh reminding me of the old Craigmillar police station. My grandad was in the police & worked there end of 60s until the mid 80s. I still remember some of the characters he spoke about - cops and criminals!

@CarolineLennon_ And now I want to read the book!

I recorded the #Audiobook of the source novel #ThreeBagsFull and it’s a quirky, moving delight @Beathhigh - looking forward to seeing this!

@DerekBrowning2 That would have been perfect!

@Beathhigh Ah, Miss Jean Brodie picking apples there with Mr Lowther, by any chance?

Barnbougle Castle, on the banks of the Firth of Forth, this afternoon…

@Will_Lyons I assume you’ll be pouring a glass or two of something nice later today! Enjoy!

Can it really be 50?

@JudithRalston I know people who do…

@Beathhigh Do you have the keys?

At Edinburgh Castle, 6pm.

(Barrie’s not too shabby in the play either!)

@redliz @CameoCinema Don’t go.

@Beathhigh @CameoCinema Do any sheep die .....cos l won't want it if anyone if the sheep die and yes l know they are cartoons .....it's the principle 🤣

@gingertotty @CameoCinema 😂👍

@Beathhigh @CameoCinema Benoit Blaaaaaaac (going tomorrow!)

@Cowden81 Once or twice upon a time - though it’s Wee Jimmie’s that gets all the namechecks in the show!

@Beathhigh I'm sure you had a pint in the pub in the pic

Brilliant. Dawn Steele is extraordinary and Ricky Ross proves his songwriting genius. A play that digs deep to find diamonds…

@KateRobbins Basically a play-length monologue and she nails it.

@Beathhigh I’m lucky enough to know Dawn. What a fantastic actor… would love to see this. X